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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARKUS KLEINBERGER AND ISAAK KLEINBERGER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

RIDING- SKIRT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 685,770, dated November 5, 1901.

Application filed May 21,1901.

T ctZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, MARKUS KLEINBER- GER and ISAAK KLEINBERGER, citizens of the United States, and residents of New York city, (Manhattan,) county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Riding-Skirts, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a ladys ridingskirt so constructed that it will fit over the pommel and also over the figure of the rider when mounted without requiring a rearrangement of the folds of the garment. In this way a better cut to the figure is obtained, the mount is facilitated, and objectionable folds are avoided.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side View, partly cut away, of the ridingskirt, showing it in use. Fig. 2 is a section on line 2 2, Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a rear view of the skirt, showing the pocket at extending upward; Fig. 4, a similar view showing the pocket extending downward; Fig. 5, a section on line 5 5, Fig. 4, showing the pocket extending downward; Fig. 6, a similar section with the pocket extending upward. Figs. 7, 8, and 9 represent the three sections of which the garment is composed.

The skirt is provided at its back with a pocket a, the opening of which extends in an inclined direction from the upper right side to the lower left side, Fig. 3. This pocket normally hangs down and may be closed by tabs at and buttons a Fig. 5. If the rider mounts the saddle, the tabs are unbuttoned and the pocket is turned up, Fig. 6, so that it will be entered into by the pommel. In this way the garment retains its natural hang and is not distorted or displaced by being folded around the pommel. The result is that the skirt will fitthe figure of the rider equally well whether the latter is mounted or dismounted and that consequently it can be out much more closely to the figure.

In order to prevent the horns of the pommel from catching into the pocket in dismounting, the latter is made of shallow curvi- Serial No. 61,232. (No ma i.)

linear form with rounded angles and without any straight sides. Thus as the rider dismounts the pommel will without further manipulation be drawn out of the pocket and any accident will be avoided.

Above the pocket and sidewise therefrom we provide the garment with an outwardlyprojecting bulge 1), adapted to receive the right knee of the rider. This bulge commences about Where the mouth of the pocket ends and merges gradually into the front of the garment, so that the bent leg may be accommodated. The bulge cooperates with the pocketin so shaping the garment that whether the rider is seated or unseated the dress will always hang upon the body in a natural position and without requiring rearrangement of the folds. Thus a better fit, combined with greater ease and comfort, is obtained and at the same time the life of the garment is increased.

The skirt is composed of the three sections D E F. (Illustrated in Figs. 7 to 9.) The back section D is provided with the lateral flap cl, which, in conjunction with the lateral flap e of back section E, forms the pocket at. A flap 6 above flap e on section E, fitting a receding sectionf of front section F, forms the bulge b. The front section F is attached along its edgef to the edge e of section E and along edge f to the edge cl of section D.

What we claim is A riding-skirt composed of a back section D, having flap CZ, back section E, having flaps 6, c and front section F, having receding section f, the flaps cl, 6, forming conjointly the pommel-pocket, and the flap c and receding sectionf forming conjointly the knee-bulge, substantially as specified.

Signed by us at New York city, New York, this th day of May, 1901.

MARKUS KLEINBERGER. ISAAK KLEINBERGER.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM SoHULZ, F. v. BRIESEN. 

